critical Known exploitedREV. 01

CVE-2016-3714ImageMagick — shell metacharacters in a crafted image file

Several ImageMagick coders before 6.9.3-10 and 7.0.1-1 pass parts of a crafted image file into a shell, so anything that converts user-supplied images runs the attacker's commands.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Upgrade ImageMagick past 6.9.3-10 or 7.0.1-1 now and restrict the enabled coders in its policy file; exploitation probability is near certain.

Read the risk

THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
8.4/ 10
CVSS v3.1
EPSS probability
97%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
Low
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Yes — CISA KEV
CVE published
2016-05-05
Added to KEV
2024-09-09
Exploit published
Not recorded
Confidence
high
Kill chain
initial access
MITRE ATT&CK
T1190
Severity
critical

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attacker needsThe application must process an attacker-supplied image file.

Behind the card

5 REFERENCES
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +

Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.

FieldsSourceRetrievedExtractorConfidence
cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_atnvd.nist.gov2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_addedcisa.gov2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-09-24claude-codehigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.

crds:cve-2016-3714 · CRDS 0.1 · Issued 2026-09-24